A picture of Joe Halpern smiling in green shirt in front of a blue background.
Today arXiv remembers our colleague Joe Halpern, who was instrumental in founding arXiv's CS section.
Joe's passions ranged far & wide and we're lucky that arXiv was one of them. Joe, thank you for giving so much to arXiv - you are missed.
blog.arxiv.org/2026/02/27/remembering-joe-halpern
🌷Spring cleaning for arXiv's HTML Papers
1️⃣ The header on new articles is now collapsible and a bit more compact on mobile.
2️⃣ We've also moved the warnings and caveats out of the way, in favor of focused reading.
Let us know what you think? #arXiv
arxiv.org/html/1709.07...
TeX Live 2026 is released - mirror updates are running! #TeXlive www.preining.info/blog/2026/03...
"How Few Remain..."
New: Despite Congress' rejection of the Trump administration's cuts, OMB has been throttling funding to agencies like NIH and NASA. These restrictions, on top of the 6-week government shutdown, have stopped projects and slowed new grants.
Story w/ @alexwitze.bsky.social and @maxkozlov.bsky.social
it's texts bro
you gave them your cell, right?
The Multiple Extended Tidal Tails of NGC 288
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.17361
Carl J. Grillmair
Horrified by the news that Carl Grillmair of IPAC/Caltech has been murdered
Really looking forward to this! Come join me in London or online.
Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Lots going on at the @aaas.org annual meeting in Phoenix today!
I was interviewed by Jessica Hubbard on the Sci-Mic stage, met several people in the Expo Hall, and had a pre-panel discussion with my fellow panelists for our upcoming session: starting in an hour.
#AAASmtg
meetings.aaas.org
thank you for all that you do
come visit us at the arXiv booth
New AAS Journal Author Series Video!
Roger Romani (Stanford University) shares his improved mass measurement of PSR J0952−0607 (2.35 ± 0.11 M⊙), tightening the maximum neutron star mass and strengthening constraints on the dense-matter equation of state. 🔭
youtu.be/eFNqf19QewY
🗓️ The January 2026 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
here is a canonical example of a textbook on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2305.09388
here is an example of an invited comprehensive review which is the sort of review welcomed in most sections of arxiv
main issue with textbooks is copyright - undergraduate mass market textbooks basically may not be posted because of publisher rules
book chapters need to be "stand alone" chapters
a "teaser chapter" as an ad to sell the book is usually rejected
info.arxiv.org/help/policie...
also apparent citation fraud
yeah looks AI generated, multiple indicators
did you send a formal complaint to arxiv?
we're tracking these down for removal and followup actions
helps to have a formal coauthor complaint
dude - then half the submissions will come in exactly 7 days...
do as Tom requests!
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
#Iceland have reached the semi-finals of the Men’s European #Handball Championship.
https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-01-28-iceland-reach-handball-semi-final-465403
we've been fighting the growth of slop for some months and are taking additional measures as we have the capacity to do so
other repositories are getting hit worse,
as are a lot of journals
it will be interesting to see which journals will just take the page charges and let rip
When they kick down your front door
How you gonna come?
